grey3eard
Weekend Golfer
I am a Grandad in his early fifties who enjoys playing video game golf!
Posts: 98
TGCT Name: Mark Hale
Tour: Beer League
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Post by grey3eard on Aug 23, 2019 3:53:52 GMT -5
Played a practice round on “The Kingdom” last night and had to have a lay down afterwards…lol.
Stunning looking track which was set up with medium winds, firm fairways, firm and fast greens, with pin set 1 playing from the back tees and WOW, it’s not for the feint hearted……
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mayday_golf83
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TGCT Name: Jeremy Mayo
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Aug 23, 2019 6:12:18 GMT -5
Played a practice round on “The Kingdom” last night and had to have a lay down afterwards…lol. Stunning looking track which was set up with medium winds, firm fairways, firm and fast greens, with pin set 1 playing from the back tees and WOW, it’s not for the feint hearted…… We won't be playing it from the tips. Props to grovey31 who is making a custom version of the course for us that uses a mix of the red and white tees. I'm playtesting it right now and it will be a fun track for this competition, I feel. There will be plenty of birdie and even eagle opportunities out there, but certainly the chance to make a bogey or two if you slip up or get a little too greedy.
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Post by Mark (Kram) on Aug 23, 2019 9:31:39 GMT -5
If the format allows, I'm willing to participate if I can get all my rounds in by Wed 4th Sept.
Mark Custard KramMDCCLXXII PS4
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2019 9:55:27 GMT -5
This is shaping up to be very interesting. I honestly can't remember if i have played The Kingdom yet.
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mayday_golf83
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Aug 24, 2019 9:41:10 GMT -5
If the format allows, I'm willing to participate if I can get all my rounds in by Wed 4th Sept. Mark Custard KramMDCCLXXII PS4 Hey Mark, apologies, as I was tied up all day yesterday with work stuff. I'll be finalizing the round schedule in the next couple of days, but it's looking very likely that this competition will follow the same in-game format as last year's Ryder Cup, with the team matches running Sunday-Thursday and the singles Friday-Saturday. I'll get with the captains and see if there's a way we can work around this to accommodate your schedule.
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Post by yaters on Aug 24, 2019 9:43:05 GMT -5
When is the draft? Can you stream and/or record it? Pretty excited for this thing!
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Post by yaters on Aug 24, 2019 9:45:34 GMT -5
If the format allows, I'm willing to participate if I can get all my rounds in by Wed 4th Sept. Mark Custard KramMDCCLXXII PS4 Hey Mark, apologies, as I was tied up all day yesterday with work stuff. I'll be finalizing the round schedule in the next couple of days, but it's looking very likely that this competition will follow the same in-game format as last year's Ryder Cup, with the team matches running Sunday-Thursday and the singles Friday-Saturday. I'll get with the captains and see if there's a way we can work around this to accommodate your schedule. If Mark is on my team, we should do everything possible to accommodate his schedule. If he’s on the other team, the rules should be upheld.... kidding kidding (maybe)
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mayday_golf83
TGCT Design Competition Directors
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Aug 24, 2019 10:56:49 GMT -5
When is the draft? Can you stream and/or record it? Pretty excited for this thing! We’ll probably draft early next week (Tuesday or Wednesday), I’d love to stream it, but your looking at trying to coordinate schedules of a couple of guys on opposite sides of the globe. So it’s possible we’ll do a draft via PM, depending on how it works on their schedules. We’ll definitely get the results up in a timely manner because lineups for the first four rounds will be due by next Saturday.
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Post by Mark (Kram) on Aug 24, 2019 18:58:34 GMT -5
Hey Mark, apologies, as I was tied up all day yesterday with work stuff. I'll be finalizing the round schedule in the next couple of days, but it's looking very likely that this competition will follow the same in-game format as last year's Ryder Cup, with the team matches running Sunday-Thursday and the singles Friday-Saturday. I'll get with the captains and see if there's a way we can work around this to accommodate your schedule. Thank you for looking in to this, I don't want to mess with the format in any way. I'd love to play, but I don't want to let anyone down. I hope that makes sense.
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mayday_golf83
TGCT Design Competition Directors
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TGCT Name: Jeremy Mayo
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Aug 25, 2019 9:26:55 GMT -5
Hey Mark, apologies, as I was tied up all day yesterday with work stuff. I'll be finalizing the round schedule in the next couple of days, but it's looking very likely that this competition will follow the same in-game format as last year's Ryder Cup, with the team matches running Sunday-Thursday and the singles Friday-Saturday. I'll get with the captains and see if there's a way we can work around this to accommodate your schedule. Thank you for looking in to this, I don't want to mess with the format in any way. I'd love to play, but I don't want to let anyone down. I hope that makes sense. Talked it over with the captains. We have plan in place that if you want to play the partners portion of the event (rounds 1-4), that your absence for singles would not count against the team. The captains and I are all on board, that we'd love to have you on board, even if you can't make singles.
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mayday_golf83
TGCT Design Competition Directors
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TGCT Name: Jeremy Mayo
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Aug 25, 2019 10:07:56 GMT -5
toddfather katana22 ohheycat @koastinthrulife jacobkessler welikeitroughnc yaters TheDominator273 tottenhamordie grey3eard HeMan1202 VctryLnSprts mike14221 tomset troywatts ShaneM86 sire0329 Mark (Kram)The official course for the event has been published: The Kingdom - BCT Cup. Big thanks to grovey31 for creating a custom tee set for us and doing a couple of other little tweaks to tailor the course to this event. Also want to thank Doyley for his assistance. With his OK, we will run this event through the TGC Tours Special Events society Sept. 1-7. The best ball & combined rounds are tentatively set for Sept. 1-5, with singles Sept. 6-7. This is the same format that was used for the Ryder Cup, and the best work-around that we have given that the game will only let you create up to a four-round tournament in game. We'll also get scoring help & support from Doyley, which will be much appreciated and will save us the hassle of taking screenshots of scorecards. We're finalizing draft details, but it will take place early next week, and from there, the teams will get their own separate PM threads to banter, discuss strategy and lineups. In the meantime, here's the weather report for the event. Just like the official tour weather reports, this lists the conditions that will be used, alphabetically, at some point during the tournament and is not an indication of which settings will be used in any specific round. Condition | Setting 1 | Setting 2 | Setting 3 | Setting 4 | Setting 5 | Wind Speed | High | Low | Medium |
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| Wind Direction | East | North | Northeast | Southeast | West | Time of Day | Afternoon | Dawn | Default | Morning |
| Weather | Clear | Cloudy | Default |
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| Green Speed | Default (168) | Fast (163) | Medium (144) | Very Fast (187) |
| Green Firmness | Default | Medium | Very Firm |
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| Terrain Firmness | Default | Medium | Very Firm |
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For any other current/former BCT members, sign-up runs through the end of the day today. We currently have 5 spots remaining to fill. Sign up in this thread or PM me for details. Thanks!
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Post by ohheycat on Aug 25, 2019 10:46:34 GMT -5
Very firm very fast with beginners. This is going to be very interesting. I sure hope that the high wind is also on this day, but I suspect this may be the low day. I'll get into the course tonight and have a pregame report for whatever captain will have me. I just hope it's not like football in school where there's 2 kids left at the end, one on crutches, and me, and they pick the guy with the crutches
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grey3eard
Weekend Golfer
I am a Grandad in his early fifties who enjoys playing video game golf!
Posts: 98
TGCT Name: Mark Hale
Tour: Beer League
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Post by grey3eard on Aug 25, 2019 11:20:26 GMT -5
I just hope it's not like football in school where there's 2 kids left at the end, one on crutches, and me, and they pick the guy with the crutches I remember those days as well......
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mayday_golf83
TGCT Design Competition Directors
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TGCT Name: Jeremy Mayo
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Aug 25, 2019 12:52:52 GMT -5
Very firm very fast with beginners. This is going to be very interesting ... As someone who has a special place in his heart for 187s greens (the same place reserved for dog beaters and certain NFL teams that boarder Wisconsin), I can tell you that if I didn't find the setting enjoyable with the round(s) we're going to use it for, we wouldn't use it. This course already is set up on the firm side and is one where you can play the contours, so VFast/VFirm worked fine in testing.
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Post by CGib2 on Aug 25, 2019 13:46:04 GMT -5
If you have room, I'm available to participate.
CF Gibson CGib2 PS4
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